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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-08-28
LINcoLN's FIRST DOLLAR.
An Incident Which the Great Man Con-
sidcred One of the Most Important in
His Life.

An Incident Which the Great Man Con-
sidcred One of the Most Important In
His Life.
One evening when few gentlemen,
among whom was Mr.. Seward, had met
in the Executive chamber without spe-
cial business. and were talking of the
past, Mr.. Lincoln said: Seward, you
never heard. did you. how earned my
first dollarp' NO" said Mr.. Seward
We'll" replied he, II was about
eighteen years of age, and belonged, as
you know, to what they call down
South the SCRUBS; people who do not
own land and slaves are nobody there,
but we had succeeded in raising chiefly
by my labor. sufficient produce as
thought to justify me in taking it down
the river to sell. After much persua-
sion had obtained the consent of my
mother to go, and had constructed a
flat-boat, large enough to take the few
barrels of things we had gathered
down to New Orleans. A steamer was
going down the river. We have, you
know, no. wharves on the Western
streams, and the custom was, if
passengers were at any of the landings,
they were to go out in boat, the
steamer stopping. and taking them on
board. was contemplating my new
boat, and wondering whether / could
make it stronger or improve it in any
part, when two men, with trunks, came
to hn oh in, nrs,-is
looking at the different boats singled
out mine, and asked: Who
owns this?' l answered modestly,
4 do will YOU said one of them.
take us and our trunks out to the
steamer?' Certainly said /. l was
very glad to have the chance of earn
ing something. and supposed that each
Of them would give me \ couple of bits.
The trunks were put on my boat, the
passengers seated themselves on them,
and l sculled them out to the steamer.
They got on board. and lifted their
trunks and put them on the deck. The
steamer was about to put on steam
again, when l called out: You have
forgotten to pay me- Each Of them
took from his pocket silver half-dol
lar and threw it on the bottom of my
! boat. could scarcely believe my eyes
as picked up the money. You may
think it was very little thing, and ir
these days it seems to me like trifle
but it was most important incident II
my life. could scarcely credit that l
the poor boy. had earned a dollar il
less than day; that by honest work
had earned a dollar. The world scenes
wider and fairer before me; l was ,
more hopeful and thoughtful boy from
that time. - William; D. Kelley, in Rice
"reminiscences of AbralaD Lincoln.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-08-28
CROPS FOR FERTILIZERS.
A Splendid Way Of Assisting the Soil t,
Recuporato IteelE

A Splendid Way Of Assisting the Soil to
Recuperato ITSELF
There are times when, after the crop
has been harvested, the land is allowed
to remain undisturbed until the sue
ceeding spring; but experience has
demonstrated that it is better to have a
crop of some kind on the ground at all
times, provided such crops be not per-
mitted to mature, but be turned under
as manure. The old system Of fallow-
ing the land, which was simply to give
it a period of rest for recuperation,
proved very beneficial; yet, while the
land is remaining unproductive advan-
tage should be taken of the opportunity
for assisting the soil to regain fertility.
The soils that were heavily cropped
and abandoned became slightly COW
cred with scanty heritage, but as the
feeble plants derived much Of their food
from the atmosphere, and, when plowed
under, added that which they gained to
the soil, in a few years the soil became
sufficiently fertile to bear crop of some
kind. Butsuch a system IS not an eco
nomical one, for not only is there
loss Of time, but the process Of re-
cuperation is slow. Provided the
crop be seeded in with a view Of
turning it under the soil is always Len-
Gifted, for while the plants, through
the agency of the roots and leaves, APP
propriate nitrogen in the shape of nitric
acid and ammonia from the atmosphere
and moisture, the roots also exert both
y mechanical and chemical action on
the inert elements of the soil itself.
thus converting plant food from in
soluble materials. Hence, when reg
ular crop is removed, such as corn, the
land should be seeded immediately TIC
some other crop, as rye, for instance,
| the rye to be turned under when of the
proper height. No possible injury can
be done the soil, as the rye will not be
removed. and such crop performs the
service Of assisting to restore fertility.
and also prevents the occupancy Of the
| land by weeds. The labor of blowing
and narrowing is not very expensive il
credit be given the value of the labor
saved in destroying the weeds that
would spring up should the ground b.
| left uncovered. Shade benefits the
land also, and some farmers are Of the
| opinion that the shading Of the ground
by clover is very important matter
that does not receive proper attention;
but where clover is not possible, as is
the case on some soils. the growing Of
special manurial crops is cheap and
| easy mode of assisting to restore those
soils that have been overcropped and
become somewhat exhausted. = Phila-
deiahia Record.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-08-28
THE ELECTRIC EEL.
A Fish that Has Great Career Of Useful
ness Before itself.


A South American gentleman whose
name we have not the space to print,
thinks he has found a way to make
every man his own electrician. The
scheme is nothing morc-or less-tban
bottled cells. 1t is well known that in
the South American rivers the electric
eel is an established institution. The
electric eel has had a great deal of fun
up to date and has done precious little
of a useful nature. Scientists have
given the electric eel very wide berth
until they had coroner's inquest that
the animal was particularly dead. If
you pick up an electric eel by the tail
you are apt to regret your misplaced
familiarity with it for some time to
come. The examination of very dead
cells has shown cautious scientists that
each eel is provided with two positive
and two negative electric cells each
one-thirteenth of an inch in diameter,
and besides these there are innumerablc
smaller electric cells. 1t will therefore
not surprise the non-scicntific reader to
know that the eel spends its joyous life
in perpetrating numerous positive cleo
trio cells OH all who come within range
of it. Nothing so delights an eel as to
have an alligator swallow it, The mo-
ment the eel gets comfortably inside it
turns on its battery of about thou
sand horsepower on the sensitive in
nar,ls of the astonishcd gator, who has
never taken electrical treatment be-
fore. II il is Il small eel the alligator
thinks il is some new and awful kind of
indigestion; if it is u big eel the gator
floats to the surface and dies of frozen
horror. 1t can stand good deal but
not big eel. When the small boy is
sitting on South American wharf fish,
ing for bass the eel likes TO get on the
hook and send telegraphic message up
the line to the boy. The boy springs
into the air as if he had sat down on
ten thousand needles and the eel gets
away with the fishing line and pole. ,
The South American gentleman with
the long name thinks the cells have had
amusement enough with the people of
his country. He has succeeded in bot
thing up enough cells to run small
electric light plant. Thirty cells OF
two cells each give one Thousand volts
of electricity. Just exactly how much
n volt is no one but All electrician
knows. 1t may be barrelful or it may
be pound, but anyhow one thousand
volts will kill three men in the most
satisfactory manner.
These ccls can be raised in Il tank
with water kept at the requisite heat.
The South American with fifty jars Of
cells manages 10 light his lasgs mansion
at Achagnas, Venezuela.
BY and by perhaps every householder
will have his own tank OF cells and be
| thus Independents Of both the electric
light companies and the gas comra-
res. There is evidently grest career
Of usefulness ahead OF the electric gel,
--petroN Free Pvsss,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-08-28
SPORTSMEN'S MUSIC.
How Many an Unsuspecting Wild Goo
Meets an Untimely End.

How Many an Unsuspecting Wild Goose
Meets an Untimely End.
Unfortunately for the goose, it can
be initiated to perfection, and the I'M
happy birds frequently meet their end
by paying too much heed to its decep-
tive notes. One instance of peculiar
interest has come to the writer's knowl-
edge. The destroyers in this case were
Captain Walter S. Green, of Life-saving
Station No. 5. Long Branch, and Mr..
Bright. These two shooters live on OPP
posite sides of large pond, and are on
the constant watch for birds of any
kind that may come in from the sea to
rest. Early one morning Mr.. Bright
heard distant but vigorous honking.
He soon saw flock of seven geese
flying in toward the pond. Quickly
getting his gun and some heavy cart
ridges. he FASTENED down to the edge
of the pond. keeping himself hidden
behind a heavy hedge. As soon as he
had selected his position he uttered =
vigorous honk, to which the leader of
the incoming flock responded. Fly
ing low, they sailed majestically
in over the opposite shore. $50 yards
away from Mr.. Bright They were
evidently weary, and anxious to settle
down in the smooth waters Of the pond.
Suddenly, out of the tall marsh grass
on the shore opposite Mr.. Bright, two
puffs of blue smoke and two booming
reports rolled out. The leader Of the
flock folded his wings and fell to the
ground dead. Mr.. Bright then knew
for the first time that Captain Green
was at hand. The birds swerved from
their course and flew toward Mr..
Bright, who easily killed the second
bird. Both he and Captain Green did
not cease honking. and the birds, after
going away to considerable distance,
sailed back again, passing over Mr..
Bright's head at some height. With
his heavy gun he killed two Of them.
when they circled and swept across the
pond. where Captain Green killed two
more. The remaining bird, which had
been wounded by scattering shot, made
hard struggle to rise to safe height.
Captain Green hastily slipped in cart
ridge and took long shot. A few
feathers Gell from the bird, and he few
across the pond. Mr.. Bright then got
long shot at him. breaking his wing
| end bringing him down. Qs~tsvy.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-08-28
EcIipses in 1883.

Three successive eclipses are very
rare occurrence, still it happens some
times. On December 1, 1880, there
was partial eclipse of the sun, follow
ed January l6 by total eclipse Of the
moon, and on December 81 another
partial eclipse of the sun occurred.
Exactly the same happened 1884 on
March ~. April 10 and rs. If the pre-
dicted end Of the world doesn't come
inside of a year, and we live long
enough. we will be able to see total
eclipse Of the moon on July p, 1858.
which is preceded and followed by par
tial cclipses Of the sun. 1t will not
happen in this century again. Chicago
journal.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-08-28
One Sam MAYS placed on exhibi.

One Sam Mays placed on exhibi-
ton in front of store in Jefferson,
Butts County, Ga. the hide Of the
largest rattlesnake that has been seen
in that section in many days. 1t meas
nrcd seyenty-eight inches, and had
twenty-one rattles and a button. Mr..
Mays killed il IN Florida
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-08-28

There is a bad coon in Brockyille,
Can. 1t recently attacked sow with
litter Of pigs. She fought him of as
best she could until the uproar at
tracted squad Of other hogs. which
rushed to the sow's assistance and sue
ceedcd in driving the coon away. Tho
latter, however, after abandoning the
contest. stood, bristles up, sulklly watch
ing the hogs. whereupon woman who
was looking on threw stick at him.
To her establishment the animal at once
pounced upon her and began tearing
her dress TO pieces. After much exer-
ton she succeeded in beating him od.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-08-28
FASHIONABLE DOGS.
How to Buy Pretty Canine Pets and How
to Keep Them.

The coming dog" is said by an ex-
cellent authority to be white "black
and TAM" so to speak-that is, pure
white English terrier. At present these
dogs are too scarce to be fashionable,
but the fiat has gone forth. and the pug
must look out for his laur.ls.
Alas for the pug! HE day" is draw
ing near its close, say the knowing
ones. He is "going out" poor wretch,
and before long he may be bought for
much less than the 800 or more one
has to pay now. However, no doubt
he will be just as happy and just as
much cherished, If in somewhat less
pretentious dwellings.
II one wishes to buy. she should edu-
cate herself that she may not be the
prey of dealer. Know, then, that
puggy's "mask" of black should reach
the eyes, and be clear cut at the edge;
his color should be fawn without white;
his ears silky and black; black mole
on each cheek, and he must never reach
height greater than fifteen inches.
The two exquisite toy spaniels, the
''silky and sleepy King Charles and
the 'soft and fawning Blenheim," will
always be favorite drawing-room pets
even though they may not be on the
top wave of fashion. They are among
the most useful of the small dogs, being
faithful and always certain to give the
alarm when things go wrong. They
are good natured, gentle, affectionate,
with great pride and self-respeet, and
they carry their few inches with as
much dignity as the great ST. Bernard
his feet The King Charles should have
little or no white on his coat, while the
Blenheim of pure white with lemon
markings has his price sometimes in
the thousands.
The Italian greyhound, though
beautiful and the picture of grace in all
his movements, is not so popular as he
has been, for the reason that it is diff
cult to keep him we'll in this climate.
In spite of blankets and wraps he goes
| about shivering in way to make one
feel uncomfortable. He is seldom seen
| at present.
| The most clever and teachable dogs
are poodles. 1t is these dogs which
dance, play cards. and in fact perform
most OF the marvellous tricks with which
the books are full. In passing, let me
give directions in teaching a dog a
trick. Take the animal alone into a
room with which he is perfectly
familiar. where nothing is new and
nothing Is moving That can attract ms
wandering eyes-for 1t is MS undivided
attention that you must nave NOW
tell mm' ana at the same time sho"
nim, what you want MIN 10 90. II ne
does not chose to obey when you are
sure he understands switch MN ut
tie. says the man teacher put shonid
say patience ana kindness with luaic'
'ous rewa'u' are ue''e. IMAM 'm'.oN'is
The black poodle his hair trimmee
OH IN non iashloh' oecora'eu WIN sli
yer oraceie's anu an ORNAMENTAL iea'ne'
harness. Is cos''y anu always iasil
'ohapie aog 'ho"sn IN .he eyes Oh gen
uine anililal lovers .h's improving "Po'
nature IL Always ugly.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-08-28

If 80. 900. 900 persons should clasp
hands they could reach round the
globe.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-08-28

.-An anti-alang club has : lazgl
membership Ut Fort Worth, Tex
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-01-06
THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1887
THE INSURANCE QUESTION.

Another Richmond has entered the
field in behalf of lower insurance rates
and home company. AS to the lat
ter we find strong impression abroad,
in part among men who have had oh
servation Of similar experiments in
limited constituencies elsewhere, that a
local organization would be likely to
find difficulty in obtaining sufficiently
wide distribution Of risks, and in pro-
curing safe securities for its invest
ments. Still, it may be useful to have
the question thoroughly canvassed in
the press and on the street. 1t is still!
the opinion Of this paper that a COM
promise Of mutual advantage is feast
BILE in time between the Board of I'm
derwriters and the insuring public. II
we can have cheap insurance without
a local company, the capital required
for the latter might probably find more
active and useful employment in other
needed enterprises.
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-01-06
Insurance Again.
To the Editor efMe Herald,

To the Editor ofkfe Herald,
With many other interested ones /
read with pleasure the letter of Mr.. p.
c. Jones IN your paper, and am glad
we have at last found the man who
says, "Ceme." His scheme is a good
one and it is to be hoped will take de-
finite shape at once, aud the city can
vassed for subscribers to the shares OF
a "Home Mutual Fire Insurance &C"
The remarks of Mr.. Berger are all
right from his standpoint as mOnepO-
Hsf, but there is another side to the
question, which is the arbitrary rating
Of the agents of the foreign companies
here, and giving as reason ~ the
amount of losses sustained by the
companies at the last fire. Now it
strikes me that some Of them should
go slow in such statements, when the
kind and nine Of some Of those risks
were taken. The San Francisco rates
cannot be taken as a basis here. Every
thing is against them, and in our favor,
excepting in one very important matter
to the companies, which is the Fire
Marshal. In San Francisco he is APP
pointed by the Board of Underwriters;
his duty IS to ascertain, il possible, the
6sE5s OF fire, and report thereon. He
is supposed to know land does) as to
the storage OF explosives Of all KINDS,
kerosene, etc. How is it here1 By
whom is the Fire Marshal appointed
And is he able to give the desired in
formation as to the amount of kerosene
in the city in shops and stores' Or the
number of cases burned at the great
fires All this is relevant to the insur-
ance companies, as well as to the in
sured. The lav provides shat only
FIVE cases shall be stored in any one
room," but 'room" of 20 feet square
may be cut up by partitions to hold 10
or IS cases. These are few Of the
reasons why the monopolists aver that
"a local company will not pay" 1t
7OiH pay, because enough stock can be
secured in this city to pay The sub
scribers to insure in their own interests,
and Mr.. Berger's reason (1) for not or
ganizing local company, that "it
would be liable to extinction at any
time by large fire" would be
amusing were 1t not ridiculous, SO
again ! say, go ahead, Mr., Jones.
***
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-01-06
oddfellowship

Following are the officers of Hars
mony Lodge, l. o. o. f., installed
January grid, by w. E. Foster, Deputy
District Grand Sire, assisted by Pa I
Grands Emmeluth, LaPlerre and Ora
ham, and T.. c. Rowe: W. o. Atwater,
N. c.; c. ]. Fishel, V. G.; W. C.
King, Secy.; L. c. Ables, Treas; c.
]. Mccarthy, W.; II. F. Williams,
Con; +. c. Rowe, r. S. N. G.; r. II.
Graham, L. S. N. G.; c. M. Raupp,
Il. S. V. g.; G.. Greig, L. S. V. G.;
w. E. Herrick, l. c.; F. Wilhelm, r.
S. s.; c. Lorenzen, l.. S. S.
Officers Of Excelsior Lodge, installed
January 4th, by the d. d. G.. s., assist
ed by Past Grands w. c. Parke, +,
Tannat and ]. Emmeluth, are the fol
lowing: p Butler, N. G.; ]. w. Pratt,
V. G.; L. L. LaPierre, Rec. and Per
Sec; +. Waldron, Treas; +. Hughes
r. S. N. G.; A. M. Mellis, L. S. N
G.; ]. J. Locker, W.; ]. Tinker, Con.
S. Savage, r. S. s.; f. R. Miles, L. S
s.; E. Hughes, I. g.; Rev. A. Mackin
tosh, Chaplain; ]. A. Mckenzie, R. S
v. G.; J. Emmeluth, L. s. V. G
Trustees, ]. o. Carter, X. Levers, T
Hughes.
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-01-06
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Sugar men take exception to our
recent anticipation of larger crop
this year than last, but at the same
time admit that the autumn drought
has not proved so disastrous to the
cane as expected.
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-01-06

Cardinal Simon Of Gran, the Primate
Of Hungary, who recently celebrated
the fftieth anniversary Of his priesthood
amid much pomp, is the son Of a
shoemaker. He is the richest
Of the Hungarian Episcopacy, whom
Plus TX. at the Ecumenical Council
addressed with the half reproachful re-
mark, "Doi siefe f,ypps ,ftdi" (You
are too rich.) From the hands Of Car
dinal Simon Francis Joseph received
in 1867 the crown of St. Stephen.
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-01-06
AN INTERESTING LECTURE.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, young
and old, small or tall, you are all requested to
call at the ELITE ICE CREAM PARLORS,
II. J. Hart, proprietor, IS Hotel Street, at an
early date to give your order for the coming
Holidays You CAN MAKE CHRISTMAS
CHEERFUL by ordering some of our cele
brated Ice Cream which is pronounced the best
We have also great variety of Plain and
Fancy Cakes on hand SO we'll known for superior
Make and Quality.
1T WILL BE OUR SPECIAL AIM to
make an extra quality of CHRISTMAS
CAKES this season in regard to Material and
Finish.
A splendid lot ofthe CHOICEST CANDIES
has just arrived per steamer Australia; also an
elegant assortment of Fancy Candy and Bon-bon
Boxes. Just the thing for Christmas Present
Send in your orders at once.
1898 Mutual Telephone Bell Telephone lS2.
The Elite Ice Cream Parlors are open daily
until A. NJ.
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-01-06
NOTICE.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
4 Sailors Home Society will be held on
Friday next The 9Th instant at II a. m. at the
rooms Of the Chamber Of Commerce. Per
order. L. A. SCHAEFER,
Secretary.
Honolulu, Ian. S, 1857.
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-01-06

"As true tonic, effective invigorator and
genuine appetizer, Duay's Malt Whisky is
unexceled."
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-01-06
VIII lhe fOIIowing casl.

Box plan open at ]. L. wisema on
Thursday, (6th) at ga. m.
Seats reserved without extra charge Doors
open at 1880 p. m. Performance begins at s.
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-01-06

Try Marlinelli Cider II is absolutely pure
MacIarlane & Co., agents
The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-01-06

THE DAILY HERALD, 50 cents per
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